Aflatoxicosis in feedlot cattle

Aflatoxicosis was diagnosed in lightweight feedlot cattle fed aflatoxin-contaminated cottonseed or gin trash. Clinical signs of hepatic damage and death were recorded for more than 200 of the 14,000 animals in a feedlot. Aflatoxin concentration in feedlot products fed to these cattle ranged from 96 to 1,700 ng/g. Diagnosis was based on the correlation of characteristic microscopic liver lesions, high concentration of aflatoxin in cottonseed feed products, and isolation and detection of aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin M1 in urine and liver from affected calves. This report describes a large-scale outbreak of aflatoxicosis and demonstrates the need for careful quality control of feed products susceptible to aflatoxin contamination.     

无腺体棉籽饼作生长肥育猪蛋白饲料饲喂效果

用无腺体棉籽饼作为要生长肥育猪日粮中唯一蛋白质饲料进行了两次饲养试验。结果指出无腺体棉籽饼饲养效果明显优于有腺体棉籽饼并与豆饼相近。豆饼、无腺体棉籽饼和有腺体棉籽饼分别作日粮唯一蛋白质饲料,生长肥育猪日增重比为1.0:0.9～1.0:0.7～0.8。喂无腺体棉籽饼猪的肉中未检出游离棉酚,肝中也仅含5PPm。     

育肥牛棉酚中毒的诊断与治疗

棉酚中毒是由于长期、过量饲喂含游离棉酚超标的棉副产品,引起的以出血性胃肠炎、血红蛋白尿以及雄性生殖毒性和母畜流产为主要特征的中毒病。新疆是我国的棉花主产区,棉花加工过程中产生了大量的棉籽饼、棉籽粕、棉壳等副产品,这些副产品是优质的动物饲料来源,具有产量多、来源广、价格便宜、适口性好的特点,广泛应用于肉牛和肉羊的育肥。本文通过对育肥牛棉酚中毒的诊断与治疗,重点阐述棉酚中毒的发病机理、治疗手段与预防措施,以期为棉酚中毒的预防治疗及有效脱毒合理饲喂提供一定的参考。     

饲粮蛋白质水平和棉籽粕取代豆粕对肉牛育肥的影响

本试验在满足肉牛营养需要的基础上,采用棉籽粕替代饲粮中的豆粕,形成不同蛋白质水平和成本的饲粮,旨在探讨饲粮蛋白质水平和棉籽粕替代豆粕对肉牛育肥的影响,同时为降低肉牛育肥成本和提高育肥效果提供依据.试验选用年龄(平均年龄为28月龄)、体重[初始均重为(678±122)kg]相近的健康杂交一代阉牛(日本和牛♂×鲁西黄牛♀)40头,随机分成4个试验组,每组10头牛.预试期为15 d,正试期240 d.结果表明:蛋白质水平为14.8％的饲粮组试验牛的日增重比蛋白质水平为12.8％的饲粮组提高18.57％(P ＞0.05).与饲喂蛋白质水平为12.8％的饲粮相比,饲喂蛋白质水平为14.8％的饲粮可以显著或极显著提高肉牛的屠宰率、净肉率、肋部脂肪厚、背膘厚(P＜0.05或P＜0.01),而对肉牛的胴体产肉率、眼肌面积、高档肉块占活重比例、肉骨比影响不显著(P＞0.05).同等蛋白质水平下,用棉籽粕全部或部分替代豆粕对肉牛日增重及各项屠宰性能指标的影响均不显著(P＞0.05),但棉籽粕组饲粮单价、肉牛每千克增重成本都低于豆粕组.由此得出,在肉牛育肥后期可以用棉籽粕替代豆粕,以降低成本.目前我国《肉牛饲养标准》(2004)推荐的肉牛育肥所需的蛋白质水平低于本试验用杂交一代阉牛(日本和牛♂×鲁西黄牛♀)的需要.     

饲喂氨化棉籽壳对塔里木马鹿瘤胃内环境指标及血清尿素氮含量的影响

本试验旨在研究饲喂氨化棉籽壳对塔里木马鹿瘤胃内环境指标及血清尿素氮含量的影响,以期为塔里木马鹿对氨化饲料的合理利用提供理论依据。选用3只安装有永久性瘤胃瘘管的塔里木马鹿作为试验动物,采用配对试验设计(饲喂氨化棉籽壳前和饲喂氨化棉籽壳后),分2期进行,前期饲喂含未氨化棉籽壳(1 kg)的饲粮,后期饲喂用氨化棉籽壳全部替换掉未氨化棉籽壳的饲粮。每期试验分为预试期和正试期,预试期7 d,正试期15 d。结果显示:饲喂氨化棉籽壳后,塔里木马鹿瘤胃液p H、氨态氮浓度、微生物蛋白含量和血清尿素氮含量均显著或极显著高于饲喂氨化棉籽壳前(P0.05或P0.01),乙酸、丁酸和总挥发性脂肪酸浓度显著或极显著低于饲喂氨化棉籽壳前(P0.05或P0.01)。饲喂氨化棉籽壳前、后每只塔里木马鹿每天的饲料成本分别为5.55和5.04元,饲喂后比饲喂前低0.51元。由此可见,塔里木马鹿对氨化棉籽壳有很强的适应能力,氨化棉籽壳在塔里木马鹿饲粮中的应用可有效节约蛋白质饲料,提高粗饲料的利用效率,提高经济效益。     

Effects of AGRADO® on Growth Performance and Health of Newly Received Feedlot Calves

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of an antioxidant (AGRADO®; Solutia Inc., St. Louis, MO) on the growth, gain to feed ratio, and health of receiving calves. In Experiment 1, 96 mixed breed heifer calves (206 ± 1.4 kg initial BW) were purchased at sale barns and delivered as a single group to the research facility near Fayetteville. All heifers were fed a total mixed diet containing 30% cottonseed hulls, 53% cracked corn, and 11% soybean meal for 42 d with either 0 or 150 mg AGRADO®/kg diet. Fewer (P<0.05) of the heifers fed supplemental AGRADO® were treated for respiratory disease (73% vs 83%), and medication cost was lower (P<0.05) for heifers fed supplemental AGRADO ($6.33 vs $9.49 per pen). Supplemental AGRADO® did not affect (P>0.10) ADG, daily feed intake, and gain to feed ratio. In Experiment 2, 86 bull and steer calves (237 ± 2.2 kg initial BW) were managed and fed as in Experiment 1 for a 41-d study. In this trial, supplemental AGRADO® had no significant effect on the number of sick calves or medication costs, but gain to feed ratio was improved (P<0.05) during the first 28 d of the trial. These results indicate that supplemental AGRADO® may improve the health or growth performance of newly received feedlot cattle.     

南阳牛日粮中补充微多蛋白素的饲喂效果研究——微多蛋白素替代日粮中部分饼类试验

南阳牛日粮补充微多蛋白素１００ｇ,替代相当含氮量的棉饼,经过三批三组分别为５０、３０、５０天的对比试验,在改变饲喂方式,改善适口性后,牛只增重和饲料报酬试验Ⅰ组与对照组接近;试验Ⅱ组明显高于对照组,且在第二、第三批试验中的试验Ⅱ组的ＤＥ、ＤＣＰ利用率分别比对照组提高１９．７０％、１４．９８％和１８．９２％,１５．０５％,有效降低了饲养成本。     

苜蓿青干草对肉牛生产性能及胆固醇代谢的影响

选取日龄、体质量、性别、健康状况一致的西门塔尔牛×延边牛杂交一代(F1)生长肥育肉牛16头,随机分为4个处理组,每组4个重复,分别在饲粮中用不同水平苜蓿(Medicago sativa)青干草代替等量花生秧和棉籽壳,研究其对肉牛生产性能和胆固醇代谢的影响。结果表明,1)苜蓿青干草替代部分粗饲料可以提高日增体质量20、80和30 g(P0.05),而且随着苜蓿青干草添加量的增加,试验牛血清碱性磷酸酶含量逐渐升高并显著高于未添加组(P0.05);2)添加苜蓿青干草可以显著提高肉牛肌肉中粗蛋白质和粗灰分的含量(P0.05),降低粗脂肪的含量(P0.05)。5.07、.5 kg/d添加组肉牛血清和肉中总胆固醇及甘油三酯含量极显著(P0.01)低于对照组,2.5 kg/d添加组显著下降(P0.05);5.0、7.5 kg/d添加组肉牛低密度脂蛋白胆固醇含量极显著下降(P0.01),并显著低于2.5 kg/d添加组(P0.05);高密度脂蛋白胆固醇含量各组之间差异不显著(P0.05)。     

育肥牛饲喂棉籽饼中毒的诊治

新疆察布查尔县内动物诊所在冬末春初期间陆续的有养殖户的牛发生出血性肠胃炎，先便秘后下痢，食欲、反刍减少或停止，颌下、胸下、腹下、四肢发生浮肿的病牛来就诊，患牛有饲喂棉籽饼史，经过临床症状及饲喂史可确诊为该病为棉籽饼中毒。今年冬季天气异常多雪且越冬度春期长，出现饲草料短缺现象，养殖户用棉籽饼喂牛十分普遍，有的农户饲料中棉籽饼的含量达到了30％，由于使用过量或方法不当，使牛中毒的病例时有发生。     

Optimal beef cattle diets formulated by nonlinear programming

A beef diet model based on National Research Council recommendations is significantly nonlinear for feed ingredients, daily gain and weight of cattle. Solving a diet model has been difficult, but advances in nonlinear programming now allow solutions that are quick and easy. This study developed a nonlinear programming method for optimally planning a feeding program by choosing feeds, daily gains and selling weight. Two types of diets are important for this purpose:optimal-return diets and least-cost-gain diets. For a given weight of cattle, an optimal-return diet chooses feeds and daily gain to maximize returns above feed costs. A least-cost-gain diet chooses feeds and daily gain to minimize feed plus yardage costs per kilogram of gain. In an optimal feeding program, a sequence of optimal-return diets is fed to increasing weights of cattle. Feed costs plus yardage per kilogram of gain rise to equal the actual selling price at the optimal selling weight, and the cattle are sold. Cattle feeders and researchers with access to a microcomputer can maximize net returns from a feeding program.     

Effects of feeding whole cottonseed and cottonseed products on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef cattle

Three experiments were conducted to determine the effects of whole cottonseed or cottonseed products on performance and carcass characteristics of beef cattle. In Exp. 1, 120 beef steers (initial BW = 381 +/- 31.7 kg) were fed steam-flaked corn-based finishing diets with 10% (DM basis) basal roughage, and whole cottonseed or individual cottonseed components (cottonseed hulls, meal, and oil). Over the entire feeding period, ADG did not differ (P = 0.95), but DMI increased (P = 0.07) and G:F decreased (P = 0.06) for steers fed the cottonseed diets compared with the control diet. Dressing percent (P = 0.02) and marbling scores (P = 0.02) of carcasses from steers fed the cottonseed diets were less than for steers fed the control diet. In Exp. 2, 150 beef steers (initial BW = 364 +/- 9.9 kg) were used to determine the effects of whole cottonseed or pelleted cottonseed (PCS) on performance and carcass characteristics. Cattle were fed steam-flaked corn-based finishing diets in which whole cottonseed or PCS replaced all of the dietary roughage, supplemental fat, and supplemental natural protein of the control diet. Over the entire feeding period, steers fed the cottonseed diets had lower (P = 0.04) DMI and greater (P < 0.01) G:F than steers fed the control diet. Carcass characteristics did not differ (P = 0.16 to 0.96) among dietary treatments. In Exp. 3, 150 beef heifers (initial BW = 331 +/- 17.1 kg) were used to determine the effects of PCS or delinted, whole cottonseed (DLCS) on performance and carcass characteristics. Heifers were fed rolled corn-based finishing diets in which cottonseed replaced the dietary roughage, supplemental fat, and all or part of the supplemental natural protein of the control diet. Over the entire feeding period, ADG, DMI, and G:F of heifers fed the control diet did not differ (P = 0.19 to 0.80) from those of the cottonseed diets; however, heifers fed the diets containing PCS had greater ADG (P = 0.03) and G:F (P = 0.09) than heifers fed diets containing DLCS. Carcass characteristics of heifers fed the control diet did not differ (P > or = 0.28) from those fed the cottonseed diets. Heifers fed the diets containing PCS had greater (P < or = 0.03) HCW, dressing percent, and LM area than those fed DLCS. Based on our results, whole cottonseed, or products derived from processing whole cottonseed, can replace feedstuffs commonly used in beef cattle finishing diets with no adverse effects on animal performance or carcass characteristics.     

奶牛棉酚中毒的预防措施

棉壳和棉粕中含有棉酚毒素,奶牛饲喂大量的棉壳、棉粕后常发生棉酚中毒.可导致多种临床疾病的发生.棉壳、棉粕通过用加热脱毒、硫酸亚铁脱毒和微贮存脱毒的方法降低棉酚含量.本文就棉酚的毒性、危害、防治措施作了介绍,为有效利用我区丰富的棉花副产品资源提供参考.     

菌渣配合饲料与本地配方饲料对育肥牛增重效果的比较

[目的]本试验旨在探讨菌渣配合饲料对育肥牛的增重效果.[方法]选用体型良好,体重相近的西门塔尔杂交牛24头,随机分为2组,每组12头,分别为试验组和对照组（经方差分析,两组牛试验初期体重差异不显著（P＜0.05））,试验组饲喂菌渣配合饲料,对照组饲喂本场精料,试验期为90 d.[结果]结果表明：试验组牛与对照组牛增重差异不显著（P＞0.05）,试验组牛和对照组牛日盈利差异极显著（P＜0.05）.[结论]利用菌渣配合饲料饲喂肉牛可降低肉牛养殖成本,提高养殖效益.     

巨菌草青贮饲料饲喂肉牛的研究

为了开发巨菌草作为肉牛的饲料资源，并探索巨菌草对肉牛的增重效果，应用玉米秸秆青贮、带穗玉米青贮和巨菌草青贮对夏秦杂交牛进行饲喂试验。结果表明，与对照组（玉米秸秆青贮）相比，试验组Ⅰ（带穗玉米青贮）和试验组Ⅱ（巨菌草青贮）平均头均日增重提高率分别为35.3%、17.6%；试验组Ⅰ比试验组Ⅱ青贮效果更好。综上提示，巨菌草可以作为陕北地区冬季饲料资源推广应用。     

不同育肥模式对科尔沁肉牛育肥经济效益影响

[目的]为探讨直线育肥、架子牛育肥模式对科尔沁肉牛育肥经济效益的影响,特开展本试验研究,以期为农牧民提供参考。[方法]选取6～8月龄250～350 kg体重体型均等的科尔沁肉牛30头散栏饲养10个月出栏,10～12月龄350～400 kg的架子牛30头栓系饲养8个月出栏。出栏后分别测定两组试验牛的出栏体重,根据试验数据,同时考虑投入固定成本、人工成本、饲料成本等各种因素,进一步计算分析两组牛的经济效益。[结果]组1毛利率高于栓系饲养模式,组1比组2盈亏平衡点更低。[结论]直线育肥和架子牛育肥模式各有利弊。直线育肥模式利润高但养殖周期较长,架子牛育肥模式利润低但养殖周期较短。     

BSE, feed and cattle in Switzerland: is there a spatial relation?

Cross-contamination of cattle feed with meat and bone meal (MBM) allowed in feed for other species is regarded as the current hypothesis for the infection pathway of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) cases occurring after the implementation of a ban on feeding MBM to cattle. This study was aimed at establishing a spatial relation between BSE cases in Switzerland and the findings of MBM in cattle feed. A cluster analysis and a cohort study were performed. Two hundred sixteen BSE cases born after December 1990 and detected until August 1st 2005, screening data of 504 feed producers between 1996 and 2001 and population data from the Swiss 2001 cattle census were included. The cluster analysis showed feed producer, positive for MBM contaminations in cattle feed, as possible cluster centres for BSE cases. In the cohort study, farms within a radius of 2 and 10 km around positive feed producers showed significantly higher odds to have a BSE case than the control group. The odds ratio and its 95% confidence interval were 2.23 (1.26-3.93) for the 2 km radius and 1.38 (1-1.9) for the 10 km radius. The results provide evidence for a spatial relation between cross-contamination and BSE occurrence. These findings support the hypothesis of cross-contamination to be an important route for BSE transmission after a feed ban.     

Effects of Cottonseed Cake-based Diets Supplemented with Blood Meal,alone or with lysine,on the Growth of Pigs

An experiment was carried out to establish the effect on the growth of pigs of including blood meal or lysine in diets containing gossypol from cottonseed cake. Forty Landrace x Large White pigs (20 of each sex) were randomly allocated to 5 treatments of 8 pigs each in a 2 x 2 factorial design with two levels of lysine or two levels of blood meal in the diets plus a control diet. The pigs were fed different diets and slaughtered at 75.0 +/- 2.0 kg live weight for carcase analysis. Supplementing the diets with blood meal resulted in higher live weight gains (p<0.001) and improved feed conversion ratios (p<0.001) than supplementing with lysine. Pigs fed the higher level of cottonseed cake showed a significant (p<0.001) depression in live weight gain and feed conversion ratio compared to those fed a low level of the cake. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in intake in the pigs fed diets with cottonseed cake including blood meal or synthetic lysine. The kidney and liver weights of the pigs fed the diets with a higher level of cottonseed cake were significantly greater (p<0.001) than in those fed the lower level, but when the diets containing cottonseed cake were supplemented with blood meal or lysine at the same level there was no significant difference (p>0.05) in the weights of these organs. Lysine or other factors derived from blood meal appear to be more efficient than synthetic lysine in reducing the adverse effects of gossypol.     

Productivity and profitability of twin births in beef cattle

Data from 1,277 single and 85 twin calvings, occurring in both spring and fall from 1980 through 1987, were used to examine the productivity and profitability associated with twin births in beef cattle. Pregnancies in pure and crossbred cattle resulted from both AI and embryo transfer. Cows and calves were confinement-housed. Cows were individually fed to specification. Calves were given ad libitum access to creep feed and those born in 1986 and 1987 were fed to slaughter. The influence of birth number of gestation length, total calf birth and weaning weights, lactation yield, and cow fed intake during both the dry and lactating periods were examined. Twin-bearing cows had their gestation length shortened by 6.4 d (2%); yielded 25.5 (59) and 186.0 kg (73%) more weight of calf at birth and weaning, respectively; had lactation yield and lactation feed intake increased by 25 and 20%, respectively; and had precalving (dry) period feed intake no different from their single-bearing counterparts (P = .12). Postweaning growth was not different for single and twin calves (P = .50); twin gain, relative to initial size, was higher. Feedlot feed intake of twins was 85% of that for singletons (P = .20). Twins were 90% of singleton live weight at slaughter and yielded 93% of singleton hot carcass weight (P = .12). Twins were slightly older and significantly leaner at slaughter. Returns less feed costs showed twin births to be associated with increased profit for cow-calf programs. Returns less feed and overhead costs were higher for twin calves than for singles in the feedlot.     

Management and nutritional factors associated with the detection of Salmonella sp. from cattle fecal specimens from feedlot operations in the United States

In a convenience sample of 100 feedlot operations (included in the United States Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 1994 Cattle on Feed Evaluation), up to 25 cattle fecal samples were collected and tested for the presence of Salmonella from each of two pens (the pen which contained the most-recent arrivals, and the pen with cattle that had been on feed the longest). One or more Salmonella spp. were recovered from 38 (38.0%) of the 100 feedlots, 52 (26.0%) of the 200 pens and 273 (5.5%) of the 4977 fecal samples collected. Multivariable logistic regression indicated that feeding tallow and feeding whole cottonseed or cottonseed hulls within seven days prior to fecal sample collection was associated with an increased risk of finding Salmonella in a pen. Variables not found to be significantly associated with the detection of Salmonella in a pen included region, operation size, use of sprinklers, time on feed, type of cattle in the pen, number and concentration of cattle in a pen, feeding probiotics, and various other feeds.     

饲喂湿态发酵蛋白饲料对肉牛育肥屠宰率影响的调查报告

湿态发酵蛋白饲料是玉米经酵母发酵、提取酒精后,又经益生菌发酵、密封包装的产品。因其可溶性好、易消化吸收、所含的蛋白质量多质优,因此,用于肉牛育肥时,肉牛生长速度较快。通过对饲喂湿态发酵蛋白饲料育肥牛(15头,来自2个饲养场)的屠宰率与饲喂常规饲料育肥牛的屠宰率(425头,来自24个饲养场)进行统计对比可知,肉牛的屠宰率与屠宰时的体重成高度正相关(R2=0.9528),并且全程饲喂湿态发酵蛋白饲料育肥牛的屠宰率比饲喂常规饲料育肥牛的屠宰率平均高3.65个百分点,这样1头牛将多收入640元。因此,饲喂湿态发酵蛋白饲料会使肉牛育肥经济效益显著提高。